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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300856003321

Autore

Witte Nils

Titolo

Negotiating the Boundaries of Belonging : The Intricacies of Naturalisation in Germany / / by Nils Witte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2018

ISBN

3-658-19787-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 209 p. 3 illus.)

Collana

Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik, , 2567-3076

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Citizenship—Sociological aspects

Social sciences

Migration

Sociology of Citizenship

Methodology of the Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Nils Witte explores Turkish migrants’ destigmatization strategies and investigates their legal and symbolic motives for naturalisation. Using mixed methods and unique data the author shows that Turkish migrants’ inclination to naturalise would be stronger if they were allowed to retain their former citizenship and if they were recognized as symbolic members of German society. Minority members enjoy expansive rights as permanent residents and many are entitled to hold German citizenship. However, they often experience symbolic exclusion making symbolic membership a rare motive for naturalisation.  Contents • Naturalisation in a Post-National World  • Theorizing Legal and Symbolic Membership  • Survey Results: Symbolic and Legal Membership  • Qualitative Interviews: Stigmatization and Destigmatization Target Groups • Researchers and students of sociology, ethnography, and political theory who deal with migration and integration • Practitioners in the field of integration policies, commissioners for integration The Author Nils Witte is research



assistant at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.